Software Engineer, Growth

Notion•San Francisco, CA

1d•$272,000 - $320,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Notion’s Growth Engineers combine creativity, data, qualitative research, and product intuition to accelerate the value Notion provides to a growing audience. They understand the business and identify opportunities to drive growth. In this role, you will build technical foundations that help the broader team and coding agents experiment, build, and ship; shape technical and product vision; and deliver experiments from ideation through analysis. You will also learn about Notion customers and their journeys to uncover ways to improve activation and engagement. The role can be based in San Francisco or New York City. The team works from its offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (Anchor Days), and expects the person in this role to work alongside the team in person on those days.

Requirements

Experience in Growth Engineering at another company.
Experience building experimentation into a team's practices, including defining success criteria, running A/B tests, and using results to inform decisions.
Ability to build fast, polished web experiences using React and modern web technologies, and to support them as usage grows.
Ability to build coding-agent workflows and systems with effective guardrails, and to continuously improve them.
Experience mentoring engineers across tenure levels and guiding technical designs.
Ability to identify high-leverage problems using growth data, customer research, and codebase exploration, and to align stakeholders on priorities.
Business impact orientation and sound prioritization, balancing product craft, speed, and business outcomes.
A user-first approach and critical thinking about the effects of products on people's lives.
Willingness to work in person with the team in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Nice To Haves

Strong cross-functional collaboration with marketing, sales, or other non-technical teams.
Familiarity with computing pioneers such as Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, and Alan Kay, and an understanding of their contributions.

Responsibilities

Build technical foundations that help the broader team and coding agents experiment, build, and ship.
Drive technical and product vision as an engineering leader, build alignment with engineering teams and cross-functional partners, and bring clarity to the roadmap.
Deliver experiments end to end, from ideation to analysis, balancing product and business considerations.
Understand Notion customers and their journeys to uncover insights that drive activation and engagement.
Identify high-leverage opportunities through growth data, customer research, and codebase exploration, make the case for them, and drive alignment on priorities.
Build polished web experiences with React and modern web technologies, and keep them working as usage grows.
Build and continuously improve coding-agent workflows and systems, with guardrails that allow agents to take on engineering work effectively.
Mentor engineers, guide technical designs, and share expertise to help others grow.
Prioritize work according to business impact while balancing craft, speed, and the bottom line.
Consider how products affect users and take responsibility for their impact.